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The Role of Climate Data Records in NOAA Climate Assessments
and Climate Services
Workshop on Microwave Sensor Climate Data Records March 2010
John J. BatesChief, Remote Applications DivisionOAA’s National Climatic Data Center
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ASSESSMENTS
NOAA support for assessments over recent years includes:
• 9 GCRP Synthesis and Assessment Products
• GCRP Global Climate Change Impacts Report
• IPCC assessments
• All ozone assessments
• State of the Climate Reports
Some background….
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And NOAA is creating a new Climate Service Capability and Line Office
National Ocean Service
Assistant Administrator
NOAA Climate Service
Assistant Administrator
National Weather Service
Assistant Administrator
National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information
Service
Assistant Administrator
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Assistant Administrator
National Marine Fisheries Service
Assistant Administrator
NOAA Headquarters and Staff Offices
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator
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Proposed NOAA Climate Service
NOS & NMFS UNCHANGED
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• Success of CMIP availability for AR4
• Transparency of data services– Must avoid even the appearance that
Assessment data are not readily available or well documented
1) Specific MotivationProjected change in number of frost days
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• Large diversity of data and institutions – e.g academia, govt, corporate
• Agreement on formats and metadata• Technical challenges and agreements on granularity.
2) Some Challenges
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• Stakeholders, decision-makers and…• Key agencies and organizations: USGCRP, IPCC/WMO• Must provide and coordinate linkages to existing orgs
– GEO, WCRP, IGBP, etc etc.
3) Potential Users and Important Linkages
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• What is the role of the private sector and NGOs?– e.g.,Google, Unidata, ESRI etc
• Public Access to Assessment Datasets- how do we ensure proper use, up-to-date data, line of sight issues etc
4) Role of Private Sector?
Sea level rise animation
SSTs
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5) Climate.gov ---- a rallying point? NOAA Climate Services Portal
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• One-stop access for NOAA’s climate information
• Multiple audiences so multiple avenues to access information– ClimateWatch Magazine– Data and Services CDRs– Understanding Climate – Education– Climate Dashboard
www.climate.gov
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• Proposed new NOAA Climate Service – central coordination role, including Assessment Services function
• Distributed climate services and assessment services in regions – including many partners
• To what degree should we be centralized versus distributed?
• How does your CDR work make an Impact?– How do your journal articles move the science forward?– Is you work used in national/international assessments or the
annual state of the climate report?– How can your work be used to assess climate models (CMIP5)?– Does your work have sectoral or regional impacts?
6) Organization and sustained effort
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Thank you.
Questions